Confinement-mantle.



Patented Dec. 4, I900.

A, JAKS. GONFINEMENT HANTLE.

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No. 663,080. Patented Dec. 4, I900.

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GONFINEMENT MANTLE.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT EEICE.

ALFRED JAKS, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORG LEMKE, OF SAME PLACE.

CONFlNENIENT-MANTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,080. dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed August 29. 1900. serial .No. 28,459. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED JAKS, doctor, of 223 Reichenbergerstrasse, Berlin, Germany, have invented some new and useful Improve- 5 ments in Devices for Use in Obstetric Operations, of which the following is a full and clear description.

This invention has reference to devices for use in obstetric operations; and it has for its IO object to assist and alleviate the second period or labor of women during confinements.-

It is usual in confinements during the period of labor for women to expedite the delivery by working certain muscular parts of the body. I have devised a confinement mantle or device which will enable women during confinement to exercise this muscular energy in a far higher degree than heretofore by the aid of the usual straps and the like.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the present invention, in which- Figure 1 shows the confinement-mantle in use; Fig. 2, the mantle alone; Fig. 3, a device for lifting the patient, and Fig. 4 the strap for the pulleys.

The confinement mantle or device consists of the following parts: A sheet of canvas or suitable material a serves for the patient to rest upon. The lower end of this sheet is fastened to the foot of the bedstead by means of a strap b. The other end reaches up to the neck of the patient and is here made in the form of a stuffed collar and support 0 for the neck and shoulders. From the ends of this collar-piece 0 two cords d extend to the foot end 'of the bedstead, where they pass around suitable pulleys e and return toward the hands of the patient, where they are furnished with hand-loops f. In combination with above I use or may use a third belt g, which passes around the back of the person and by its two ends is attached to or engaged with said cords d. If now the patient applies the feet against the foot end of the bed and pulls at the loopsfof the cords d, she can exercise great force without shifting in the bed, as thereby the cords attached to the ends of the collar 0 are stretched by the pull from the arms and the retaining force of the 50 neck, whereby the sheet is kept well stretched This is the first advantage over the ordinary pulling-straps, which latter do not prevent the patient from shifting in the bed. The second advantage is that the patient is enabled to fullydevelop the power of her neck, and thereby also to maintain her body under control to an extent which it has hitherto been impossible to obtain. The third advantage is the supporting of the small of the back by the stuffed belt As the cords be come stretched the ends of the saidbelt are drawn forward, and thus automatically produce pressure upon the back.

For different-sized persons the mantle can be adjusted so as to be longer or shorter, as required, by means of any device, such as eyelets and laces or the like.

The herein-described arrangement can be used for lifting the patient either in an active or passive manner. In this case the confinement-mantle is shorter, as in Fig. 3. By pulling the loopsf of the cords the patient may either lift herself actively or be lifted passively by the nurse.

Hitherto there has been some difficulty in fastening pulleys, such as e, to the foot end of the bedstead, and damage has often been caused to the bedstead by attaching them thereto. These defects and inconveniences are overcome by securing the pulleys to a strap t', as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This strap 1' is tightened around the foot end of the bedstead, and thus retains the pulleys in the required position for the cords d.

I claim 1. In combination, the confinement-mantle composed of a sheet adapted to go under the patient while in a lying posture and having a collar-piece to fit about the neck and shoulders, pulleys with means for attaching them at or near the foot of the bedstead and cords passing around said pulleys one end of said cords being attached to the collar-piece and the free ends of the cords being provided with handles, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the confinementanantle composed of a sheet adapted to go under the patient while in a lying posture and having a collar-piece to fit about the neck and shoulcords being attached to the collar-piece and the free ends of the cords being provided with handles and a back-supporting strap or belt g extending transversely of the mantle and having means for engaging the said cords, substantially as described.

3. In combination, the confinement-mantle composed of a sheet adapted to go under the patient while in a lying posture and having a collar-piece to fit about the neck and shoulders, pulleys with means for attaching them at or near the foot of the bedstead and cords passing around said pulley, one end of said cords being attached to the collar'piece and the free ends of the cords being provided with handles, said mantle having'means located adjacent to the back of the patient for engaging the cords, substantially as described.

4:. In combination, with the mantle and pulling-cords, the pulleys and the flexible strap carrying the pulleys and adapted to be placed around the footboard of the bed, substantially as described.

5. In combination the short mantle having the collar portion to fit about the neck and shoulders of the patient and with its main portion extending under the back, the cords attached to the collar portion, the pulleys with means for attaching them to a bedstead,

the free ends of the cords having handles, substantially as described.

v 6. The combination of the confinementmantle with the back-supporting strap or belt 9 attached to or engaging at its endswith the pulling-cords d in the described manner and for the purpose mentioned.

7. The mantle a in a shorter arrangement for lifting the patient in the described manner and for the purpose mentioned.

8. The combination of a confinement-mantle with a strap '5 bearing the pulleys e for the pulling-cords d in the described manner and for the purpose mentioned.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two Witnesses.

ALFRED JAKS. 

